CECIL TAYLOR nefertiti 3 LP REVENANT Monk JOHN COLTRANE

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ARTIST- Cecil Taylor TITLE- Nefertiti YEAR- 1997LABEL- RevenantCONDITION- EX / EX still in shrinkINFO- Clear Vinyl 3 LP Set - Get This. "I know not how John Fahey's new Revenant imprint is securing the rights to release all the recordings that it's issued to date, but I hope to hell it keeps on doing so. With this release, we can now hear Taylor's complete 23 November 1962 Cafe Montmartre session in true one-stop fashion. No more is it necessary to thumb through the used bins searching for half-beat Arista/Freedom and Black Lion sides in hopes of assembling a portion of that famed evening's concert. This new issue even includes an alternate take of 'Call' and a tofore unreleased (and untitled) 20-minute composition! So, why get so worked up about a Cecil Taylor reissue? Well, my friends, this is not just any Cecil Taylor reissue. When this recording first found its way onto vinyl, Nefertiti unequivocally documented this trio's emergence as the preeminent 'new thing' ensemble anyw, period. Even though the regulars at the Monmartre were commonly treated to late night sessions with Ayler, Monk, Coltrane and Miles, this trio opened up doors that haven't closed since. This was Taylor's first release to declare that he was unquestionably committed to taking his music well beyond the contemporary jazz orthodoxy he exceeded with his 1959 read more